60 Percent

6

X/6

·         An analysis of the effectiveness of current procedures that are in place for the issue or situation selected

o   Analysis is based on evolutional perspectives on health care economics and economic theories.

o   The following questions are aIDressed:

o    How has the evolution of health care affected the financial decision-making process in your selected issue or situation?

o    How has the evolution of health care affected the financial decision-making process in general?

o    How has the financial decision-making process affected your chosen issue or situation?

o    What affect does the policy and regulatory environment have on the financial decision-making process and your chosen issue or situation?

·         Recommendations for improvement strategies based on economic theories on the financial-decision making process and economic concepts are included.

·         The following items are aIDressed:

o   Key players

o   Microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives and utilization

o   Tools that support best practices

o   Benchmarking

o   How policy and regulatory environment affects financial management in the health care industry

o   Economic incentives and competition

·         Global implications

20 Percent

2

X/2

·         Ideas are logical and support the major points

20 Percent

2

X/2

·         Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed, and spelling is correct